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Tully

In 2015 59 of the 63 teams which make up the P5 teams will have one bye week. And then there is Big 12 scheduling. WVU, KSU, Texas and Baylor will be the only teams in all of the P5 teams to have two bye weeks.

Smooth move Big 12. Even within the conference WVU, KSU, Texas and Baylor have an advantage over the other six teams. Add in KSU and Baylor have no P5 OOC games and this scheduling looks even worse.

Kevin

In regards to these teams having an advantage because they are the only teams with two byes. WVU, KSU, Texas and Baylor. I haven’t looked at the rest of the P5 schedules but these 4 teams play on a Thursday and have the Saturday before off as you cant play Saturday, Thursday, Saturday. WVU has a bye in week three which was a result of joining the Big12 and had to cancel a game that week and then plays at Baylor, gets the next week off and then goes at TCU on Thursday night and since they travel more than any other team in all of college football for conference games (maybe besides Hawaii) this was also a factor for fairness.

Kyle

Ricky W

The OOC schedules for Baylor, Oklahoma St and Kansas St are a disgrace. That’s why these programs will never earn a playoff berth. Those weak schedules weaken the overall XII strength of schedule, negative impacting the XII programs who dare to schedule stronger opponents. Texas, Oklahoma, West Virginia and TCU should be pressing their fellow brethren to get their ship into shape.

Also without a conference championship, the XII will forever remain behind the Pac-12 which plays 9-game schedule AND a conference championship. The B1G will be going to a 9-game conference schedule in 2016.

The XII needs to be true to their name and get back to 12. But if not suffer the consequences.

Ricky W

But looking at the disgraceful OOC schedules for Baylor, Oklahoma St and Kansas St. those three programs effectively have more then two byes. And each are playing for nothing more than a bowl game. Potential recruits be aware!

Tully

This will be the first year in a very long time that Texas will play two OOC teams that are in P5 (or BCS conferences). Texas felt pressure to change how they scheduled in 2009 when they had four OOC games and none were with any teams from a BCS conference.

In fact the Texas 2009 team and the OU 2000 teams are the only teams which made an appearance in a BCSNCG while going 0-0 in OOC games with BCS teams. Even the SEC teams which made the BCSNCG never did that.

So let’s hold off praising Texas for doing what other teams have been doing for years.

Travis B

Yes we know that no CCG is the reason for the bye. It shouldn’t be though. If they don’t want a CCG, they shouldn’t be able to schedule games on CCG (postseason) weekend.

Other conferences have to fit their 12 game regular season schedule in a 13 or 14 week period (depending on the season) and the B12 has to fit their 12 game regular season schedule in a 14 or 15 week period (cause of no CCG)

I think this is an unfair advantage that shouldn’t be allowed. CCG weekend should be allowed for CCG’s only and teams that are playing an extra 13th, non-regular season game.

Ricky W

Should not boast about Texas schedule as they play no CCG, and get an extra bye week to rest, recover and prepare, unlike programs from other P5 conference programs.

The XII cannot fulfill its bowl commitments this season, with OK St, Texas Tech, Kansas
and Iowa St not playing in a bowl. And Baylor’s lightweight OOC schedule should keep them out of a major bowl.

If the XII is not motivated to bring in two more programs, maybe its time for the XII to split up, with half going to the four other P5 conferences and and the other half to G5 conferences. And if Texas doesn’t want to share TV revenue then they can go independent, like Notre Dame.

Tully

A couple of examples of the absurdity of the Big 12 schedule.
Texas Tech will play 11 games with out a bye week. After the bye week Texas Tech will play their last game of the season in week 13.
Kansas will have a bye week in week 3, then play 10 consecutive weeks, ending their season in week 13.
Baylor will have bye weeks in week 3 and again on week 9, ending their season on week 14
KSU will have bye weeks4 and again on week 9, ending their season on week 14.
Well it is funny to see Oklahoma get screwed too. One bye week on week 4 and then play nine consecutive weeks and finish their season week 13.

I think the two bye weeks for Baylor and KSU are even more absurd as they are two of three Big 12 teams not playing any OOC games with P5 teams.

The Big 12, where, they all play with each other, it is just some Big 12 teams a more equal than others.

Debra Heston

Debra

I am hoping that the Big 12 can get some more good college football teams in like the Big 10 did. I would enjoy seeing the playoff games again with the Big 12 name on it. Does anyone have a team or two that would like to join the Big 12. Maybe a team from California or another Texas team.

Good on ASU for stopping the scheduling of FCS schools. Hopefully, all FBS schools will eventually do the same. Let’s agree to improve the quality of football across all divisions of college football. Best done by schools playing within their own division.

Ricky W

Don’t see why the 39 programs consisting of the SunBelt, CUSA, MAC, Army or UMass, should care what the playoff committee thinks. In the new environment none of these programs will ever be selected for the single access bowl berth reserved for a Group of Five program. That will always go to one of the 25 programs from the MWC, AAC or BYU. Unless No Illinois slips through the cracks. I’m not saying that is fair but that is how it will be.

Pa

Well they put a whuppin on Alabama didn’t they? I will take my hat off to Okie’s schedule any day over the Sesleaze (SEC) schedules, 8 conference games, 2 sunbelt and a couple of division 1aa games lol.

PNB

Good to see rivals from different conferences can play each other. ACC-SEC rivals have no problem doing this either but Texas and Kansas can’t find a way to play Texas A&M and Mizzou. Don’t give me that they left the Big 12 stuff. Georgia Tech left the SEC yet Georgia stills plays them. It can be done!

Josh

I agree. I hate it when schools give the “well we’re in different conferences so we can’t play each other” BS. It makes them look even dumber that the southern schools and schools like Iowa-Iowa St still make it work.

Jackson

greg

did you see that block jake long missed that tore sam bradfords acl, their season is over, cut long now, he is not an nfl caliber player, he is not worth the veteren minimum, looks like st. louis will be in the market for you brandon scherff, when you get to meet the team make sure jake long is listening and tell them theres a new scherff in town, and dont be a statue have one made after you